Resources
Explore a variety of people, causes and organizations listed below. Support the ones that resonate most so you can take clear and purposeful action. Make the effort to stay informed.
SUPPORT
DONATE
- ACLU
- ActBlue Bail Fund Donation Split
- Ahmaud Arbery Fund
- Black Journalists Therapy Relief Fund
- Black Visions Collective
- Campaign Zero
- Color of Change
- Communities United Against Police Brutality
- Community Bail Funds
- Equal Justice Initiative
- Families Belong Together
- Help Get Protestors Out of Jail
- I Grow Chicago
- Lake Street Council
- Movement For Black Lives
- NAACPLDF
- National Action Network
- National Association of Black Journalists
- National Bail Fund Network
- National Coalition on Black Civic Participation
- National Newspapers Publishers Association Foundation
- National Police Accountability Project
- Rainbow Push Coalition
- Reclaim The Block
- Resistant Funds
- The Bail Project
- The Broke Black Girl
- The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- The National Urban League
USE YOUR PLATFORM TO SUPPORT
- Encourage friends/fellow business owners to do the same, to pause their promo, ads and sequences and instead use their platforms to share.
- Ensure the people that you are following are diverse.
- Share businesses from Black entrepreneurs.
- Share resources that educate others on anti-racism and racial justice.
ORGANIZATIONS TO FOLLOW ON SOCIAL MEDIA
- Antiracism Center: Twitter
- Audre Lorde Project: Twitter| Instagram | Facebook
- Black History: Instagram
- Black Women’s Blueprint: Twitter| Instagram | Facebook
- Build Power: Instagram
- CK Your Privilege: Instagram
- Colorlines: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Color Of Change: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Equal Justice Initiative (EJI): Twitter| Instagram | Facebook
- Families Belong Together: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Gathering For Justice: Twitter | Instagram
- Justice League NYC: Twitter | Instagram
- Lee Merritt ESQ: Instagram
- Movement For Black Lives: Instagram
- MPowerChange: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Muslim Girl: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- NAACP: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- National Domestic Workers Alliance: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Phenomenal: Instagram
- RAICES: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- SisterSong: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Social Justice Parenting: Instagram
- The [White] Shift: Instagram
- The Conscious Kid: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- The Great Unlearn: Instagram
- The Grio: Instagram | Twitter | FaceBook
- The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- United We Dream: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- White People 4 Black Lives: Instagram
BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES
- 10 Black-Owned Online Bookstores to Support While at Home (Afrotech)
- 26 Black-Owned Brands to Support Today and Everyday (Marie Claire)
- Austin
- Black-Owned Brooklyn
- Black-Owned Businesses You Can Support Today (GLAMOUR)
- Chicago
- Houston
- Los Angeles
- New York’s Restaurants
“Listen more than you speak. Do your research. Ignorance by definition is a lack of knowledge, so the only way to break down ignorance and your ignorance and the ignorance of others is through education”
– Ben O’Keefe ON HOW TO BE A GOOD ALLY
LEARN
ONLINE COURSES / MEMBERSHIPS
BLACK JOURNALISTS, CREATORS, MEDIA OUTLETS, LEADERS, AND ACTIVISTS
- Aja Barber
- Alicia Garza
- Angel Kyodo Williams
- Ashlee Marie Preston
- Austin Channing Brown
- Baratunde Thurston
- Blair Imani
- Bree Newsome
- Brittany Packnett Cunningham
- DeRay Mckesson
- Colley
- Ebony Janice
- Equality Labs
- Ericka Hart
- Ethel’s Club
- Eugene Daniels
- IbramXK
- Ijeoma Oluo
- Jamira Burley
- Kathy Romero
- Kelly Hayes
- Lalah Delia
- Latrice Cushenberry
- Layla Saad
- Mahogany Browne
- Mignon Francois
- Myrna P. Daramy
- Nicole Walters
- No White Survivors
- Patrisse Cullors- Brignac
- Phillip Agnew
- R29 Unbothered
- Rachel Cargle
- Rachel Ricketts
- Sam Collier
- Sarah Jakes Roberts
- Shannon Parker
- Shunta Grant
- Skill In Action
- Strong Black Lead
- Survived and Punished
- Tabitha Brown
- Tamika D. Mallory
- Tiffany Tolliver
- Toi Marie
- Travon
- Van Jones
- Xavier Ramey
READ
BOOKS
- Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
- Decolonizing Wealth by Edgar Villanueva
- Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper
- Emergent Strategy by Adrienne Maree Brown
- Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
- Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
- Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
- Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
- Motherhood So White by Nefertiti Austin
- Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome
- Pushout The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools by Monique W. Morris
- Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold
- Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
- Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- Stamped From The Beginning by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
- Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
- The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs
- The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
- The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
- This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga
- When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson
- White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD
- White Rage by Carol Anderson
- Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria by Beverly Daniel Tatum
Amazon is out of stock on most of these books, support a Black-owned bookstore instead:
https://afrotech.com/10-black-owned-online-bookstores-to-support-while-at-home
ARTICLES
- 10 Steps to Non-Optical Allyship
- 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
- An Essential Anti-Racist Reading List
- An Essential Reading Guide for Fighting Racism
- Anti-Racism
- Antiracist Reading List
- Colorblind Ideology Is a Form of Racism; Psychology Today
- Column: White America, if you want to know who’s responsible for racism, look in the mirror; Chicago Tribune
- Dear White People: Here Are 10 Actions You Can Take To Promote Racial Justice In The Workplace; Forbes
- How to be a good white ally, according to activists; Vox
- Mapping Our Roles in a Social Change Ecosystem
- My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant by Jose Antonio Vargas | NYT Mag (June 22, 2011)
- Save the Tears: White Woman’s Guide by Tatiana Mac
- The 1619 Project (all the articles)| The New York Times Magazine
- The American Nightmare by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
- The Anti-Racist Reading List
- The Case for Reparations by Ta Nehisi-Coates
- The Combahee River Collective Statement
- The Coronavirus Was an Emergency Until Trump Found Out Who Was Dying by Adam Serwer | Atlantic (May 8, 2020)
- The Double Standard of the American Riot
- The History White People Need to Learn by Mary-Alice Daniel
- The Intersectionality Wars by Jane Coaston | Vox (May 28, 2019)
- There is No Post-Racial America by Ta Nehisi-Coates
- Today’s Activism: Spontaneous, Leaderless, but Not Without Aim; New York Times
- Understanding white privilege: 20 everyday examples; Harper’s Bazaar
- Virtual Protesting 101
- Want to support Black people? Stop talking, start listening; Global News
- What it means to be anti-racist; Vox
- Where do I donate? Why is the uprising violent? Should I go protest? by Courtney Martin (June 1, 2020)
- Why is this happening? — an introduction to police brutality from 100 Year Hoodie
- Why You Need to Stop Saying “All Lives Matter” by Rachel Elizabeth Cargle
WATCH
FILMS AND TV SERIES
- American Son (Kenny Leon) — Netflix
- Good Trouble – Hulu
- Becoming
- Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 — Available to rent
- Blindspotting (Carlos López Estrada) — Hulu with Cinemax or available to rent
- Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu) — Available to rent
- Dear White People (Justin Simien) — Netflix
- Dear White People IGTV Series from Emmanuel Acho
- Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler) — Available to rent
- If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) — Hulu
- Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) — Available to rent for free in June in the U.S.
- King In The Wilderness — HBO
- See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol) — Netflix
- Selma (Ava DuVernay) — Available to rent
- The Daily Show Youtube: Trevor Noah on George Floyd, the Minneapolis Protests, Ahmaud Arbery & Amy Cooper
- The Hate UGive
- When They See Us
VIDEOS
- A Conversation with White People on Race, New York Times
- Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives: Barbara Smith, Reina Charlene Carruthers (50:48)
- How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion, Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools (18:26)
- What Happens When I Try to Talk Race with White People, Renni Eddo- Lodge
- Who, Me? Biased?, New York Times
INSTAGRAM LIVES TO WATCH
PARENT
RESOURCES FOR WHITE PARENTS TO RAISE ANTI-RACIST CHILDREN
BOOKS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS
PODCASTS
ARTICLES TO READ
- Helping Children Cope After a Traumatic Event | The Child Mind Institute
- PBS’s Teaching Your Child About Black History Month
- The 1619 Project (all the articles)| The New York Times Magazine
- The Combahee River Collective Statement
- The Coronavirus Was an Emergency Until Trump Found Out Who Was Dying by Adam Serwer | Atlantic (May 8, 2020)
- Who Gets to Be Afraid in America? by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic (May 12, 2020)
- Your Kids Aren’t Too Young to Talk About Race: Resources Roundup from Pretty Good
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
- Anti-Racism Project
- Anti-racism Resources
- Antiracist Allyship Starter Pack— a master list of resources & tools
- Ibram X. Kendi’s Anti-Racist Reading List
- GoodGoodGoodCo
- Jenna Arnold’s resources (books and people to follow)
- Reflect on our own thoughts and actions. Do the inner work before we can effectively aid in the outer work.
- (Check this playlist for Teachers of Color.)
- President Obama’s Blog Post and Toolkit
- Research: Look for reputable sources. Don’t assume. Be open. Evaluate.
- Resources for White People to Learn and Talk About Race and Racism
- Tasha K’s Anti-Racism Resource Guide
- Vote. Research candidates / issues, both locally and nationally.
- Choosing a selection results in a full page refresh.